CVE-2024-2172

The Malware Scanner plugin and the Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress (both by MiniOrange) are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the mo_wpns_init() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.2 (for Malware Scanner) and 2.1.1 (for Web Application Firewall). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Deferred - security@wordfence.com

Published

2024-03-13

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-304

Affected products

• Malware Scanner (Cyberlord92)
• Web Application Firewall Website Security (Cyberlord92)
• Malware Scanner (Miniorange)
• Web Application Firewall (Miniorange)

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-malware-protection/tags/4.7.2/handler/login.php#L89
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054179%40miniorange-malware-protectio…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054255%40web-application-firewall&new…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/miniorange-malware-protection/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6347f588-a3fd-4909-ad57-9d78787b5728?source=cve